Women's heart health

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When it comes to heart disease, women are at a serious disadvantage. They face gaps in care, as well as low awareness of both their risk and their differing heart attack symptoms. But you can help empower the women in your workforce to close the heart health gap, while also reducing medical costs.

Free Tools to Spread the Word

Benefits Leader Toolkit

Support the Women in Your Workforce

Support the Women in Your Workforce

Heart health is a major women’s health issue in America. Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death for women and kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Yet only 44% of women believe that it is their greatest health threat.^1,2

Join Hello Heart's mission to close the gap and use these tools to raise awareness and promote women's heart health to your members.

Benefits Leader Toolkit

Tip Sheets on How to Help Support Women's Health

TIP SHEET

How to Support Menopausal Women in Your Workforce

Women in menopause have almost 3 times a higher risk of cardiovascular issues, including heart attacks, than premenopausal women of the same age. Implement these ideas to help support the women in your workforce.

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How to Support the Heart Health of Women in Your Workforce

As an employer, when you prioritize the heart health of women, you can help create a healthier and more productive workforce while also improving the health and well-being of your female employees. Here are some ways you can help.

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Make an Impact in May

Here are 10 ideas for how to recognize Women’s Health Month in May. Implement one or a few of the ideas below in your workplace to educate your team on the importance of women’s heart health and engage them in heart-healthy activities.

Posters, Flyers, and Signs to Hang at Worksites and Offices

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Women's Heart Attack Symptoms

Display this TV screen in your office or worksite to help spread the word to your members of the unique heart attack symptoms for women.

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Women's Heart Attack Symptoms

Hang this poster in your workplace – or share it digitally – to educate your members of the varying heart attack symptoms for men and women.

FLYER

National Women’s Health Week

National Women's Health Week is May 14-20. Share this flyer with your workforce in digital or print to help them access resources to learn about the importance of heart health for women.

Employee Communications

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Promoting Women's Heart Health This May

Use this simple copy in your internal communications (emails, blog posts, etc.) this May to raise awareness about Women's Health Month and the importance of a healthy heart.

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Educational Resources for Your Members

Articles and blog posts to share with your members about women's heart health during Women's Health Month and beyond.

Social Media Guide for Your Organization

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Social Media Kit

Get guidance on how to leverage your social media channels to help spread awareness about women's heart health.

Virtual Meeting Backgrounds

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Women’s Heart Health

Swap in these virtual meeting backgrounds for Women's Health Month (May) and National Women's Health Week (May 14-20) and share them with your team (NOTE: They may appear inverted to you, but they should display correctly to other meeting participants.)

Spotify Playlists to Share with Members

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Running for Your Heart Health

Lack of physical activity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Exercise can be viewed as a preventative treatment to help mitigate the risks. Share this playlist with your members to encourage them to exercise.

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Stress Relief for Your Heart Health

Negative psychological health / mental health is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. But positive psychological health is associated with a lower risk. Share this playlist with your members to help them manage their stress.

Playlist

Podcasts for Your Heart Health

Knowledge is power. Share this playlist of educational podcasts from heart health experts to help your members learn about heart disease and how to manage their heart health.

Content that May be Relevant to Your Workforce

TIP SHEET

Managing Heart Health Through Menopause

Learn how to break menopause stigma and empower women in your workforce to advocate for themselves with critical heart health information using digital health.

Article

How benefits leaders can help close the women’s heart health disparity

Organizations that seek to improve employee heart health should know that there are significant cardiac care disparities between men and women when crafting health benefits plans. Read this article from BenefitsPRO to learn more.

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Closing the Gender Gap in Heart Attack Care

Hello Heart and the American Heart Association cover why we need to empower women to get evaluated if they have heart attack symptoms, and how digital health tools like Hello Heart can help women to be their own best advocates.

Infographic

A Deadly Gap in Care for Women

Are you aware of the gender gap in heart health and taking steps to close it for your members? Share this infographic with them to help raise awareness.

WHITEPAPER

Addressing Inequities in Women’s Heart Health

Learn how digital health can help improve heath equity in your organization.

Clinical Study

Can a Digital Program Contribute to Health Equity?

Read the abstract published in the American Heart Association's Hypertension Journal: Efficacy Of A Digital Hypertension Self-management And Lifestyle Coaching Program In Reducing Blood Pressure Across Sex, Language And Racial Groups.

Blog

Can Digital Therapeutics Help Extinguish Medical Gaslighting?

Medical gaslighting occurs when patients feel that their symptoms, concerns, observations, and other details and experiences about their health are dismissed and minimized by physicians.

Resources from the American Heart Association and More

American Heart Association

Life's Essential 8

Life’s Essential 8 are the key measures for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association. Download the tip sheets from the American Heart Association and share with your members to help them manage and improve their heart health (available in English and Spanish).

American heart association

Women and Stress

Adapting to stress is important because chronic, unmanaged stress can lead to mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. It can also lead to unhealthy behaviors that may increase the risk of heart disease. Share this infographic with your members to help them find healthy ways to cope with stress.

American Heart Association

Heart to Heart: Why Losing One Woman is Too Many

Watch the American Heart Association and various Real Women Class of 2021 as they discuss the impact of heart disease and stroke on women with Heart to Heart conversations.

American heart association

Call to Action for Cardiovascular Disease in Women

This presidential advisory serves as a call to action for the American Heart Association and other stakeholders around the globe to identify and remove barriers to health care access and quality for women.

CVS Caremark

Women and Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease in women remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. This white paper from CVS Caremark covers how elevating awareness, screening, and prevention can save lives and reduce costs.

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Hands-Only CPR Instructional Video

Help your team learn the steps to perform hands-only CPR in 60 seconds with this video from the American Heart Association that shows hands-only CPR in action.

Hello Heart is a member of the American Heart Association’s Innovators’ Network and is part of the CVS Health Point Solutions Management program. Learn more about other Women’s Health initiatives:

American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women

CDC’s Office of Women’s Health

CVS Health: Women’s Health

Get a free print of our heart attack symptoms poster (while supplies last). Help your members identify potential symptoms and empower them to take action.

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Footnotes

The Facts about Women and Heart Disease. Go Red for Women Web Site. https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/about-heart-disease-in-women/facts. Accessed March 23, 2023.
Based on cause of death data from the following sources: (1) LCWK1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 15 leading causes of death in 5-year age groups, by race and Hispanic origin, and sex: United States, 2017. CDC Web site. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/lcwk/lcwk1_hr_2017-a.pdf. Published December 31, 2018. Accessed December 13, 2022. (2) CDC WONDER Online Database: About Underlying Cause of Death, 1999-2019. CDC Web site. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html. Published 2020. Accessed March 21, 2023.